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Men pretended to be police officers and robbed women
today at 07.23 Johanna Sundbeck
The police were alerted to a robbery in an apartment in central Helsingborg during the night of Thursday.
On the spot, two men tried to escape – a 25-year-old man was arrested, the police report.
The two men are suspected of robbery of cash and impersonation after the men pretended to be police officers.
There are no reports of injuries.
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The government calls for a press conference on covid-19
The government is holding a press conference on the spread of covid-19 in China at 9:30 a.m. today.
Social Minister Jakob Forssmed (KD) and Public Health Agency director general Sara Byfors will attend the press conference.
Aftonbladet will report from the press conference.
Explosion in stairwell in Farsta
At 06:13 on Thursday morning, residents in an apartment building in Farsta strand in southern Stockholm are woken up by a loud bang.
Emergency services and the police go to the scene, there has been an explosion in a stairwell.
There is shrapnel damage in the stairwell and a police operation is underway in search of the perpetrators.
WHO warning about China outbreak: Does not reflect reality
WHO accuses China of having too narrow a definition of covid deaths and warns that the country’s official statistics underestimate the ongoing outbreak.
– We believe that the figures that China comes out with are an under-representation of the true extent of the disease, in terms of hospitalizations, iva-treated and especially deaths, says Michael Ryan, a representative of the organization in the Guardian.
China has registered 22 covid deaths since December.
The WHO has held high-level meetings with China in recent weeks, pleading for better statistics from the outbreak.
Timber truck has overturned on the E22 – stoppage in traffic
A timber truck has driven into the ditch and overturned on the E22 just north of Söderköping, writes TT, which refers to the Östra Götaland Rescue Service.
The accident means that there is a complete stop in the traffic in the southbound direction and the traffic is rerouted.
One person has been injured, according to the emergency services, but the extent of the damage is not known.
The accident happened just before six thirty this morning. According to the Swedish Transport Administration’s forecast, the road will be closed until 7 o’clock.
The region’s call: Keep preschool children at home
The high spread of the RS virus among children has caused the Västra Götaland region to issue a recommendation to the county’s parents of young children.
Parents with babies up to six months old at home are asked to keep older siblings home from preschool, writes the region in a press release.
The recommendation is valid until January 22.
Putin deploys warships in the Atlantic
Russian President Vladimir Putin has deployed a warship to the Atlantic, reports Reuters.
In a video conference, he said the ship has been equipped with the Zircon hypersonic cruise robots.
– I am sure that such powerful weapons will protect Russia from potential external threats, he said.
Putin’s war moves are seen as a signal to the West that he is not about to give up on the war in Ukraine.
Swedish Trade: Increase in thefts in self-scanning cash registers
As food prices have risen, thefts of self-scanned goods have increased, reports SR Ekot.
According to the industry organization Swedish Trade, some customers only scan the cheaper goods in the self-scanning checkout and skip the more expensive ones.
– We do everything to detect these crimes, but we have no plans to abolish self-scanning, says Conny Johansson, ICA dealer in Solna.
Amazon fires 18,000 employees
The e-commerce giant Amazon states that 18,000 employees will be laid off. These are the most extensive layoffs in the company’s history, although they are only a small part of the company’s global workforce of just over 1.5 million people.
“Amazon has survived uncertain and difficult economic times in the past, and we will continue to do so. These changes will help us achieve our long-term opportunities with a stronger cost structure,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy wrote in an email to employees, which the company also published. (TT)
Biden visits the border with Mexico
Joe Biden is to visit the border between Mexico and the United States for the first time since he took office as president of the United States.
The visit will take place in connection with the meeting that Biden and the leaders of Mexico and Canada will have in Mexico City next week.
Biden says his hope is to see what’s going on at the border.
The number of migrants at the border has increased recently. Key Republicans have criticized Biden for being ineffective on border security. (TT)
Poland buys 116 tanks from the US
Poland has signed an agreement to buy 116 American Abrams tanks, writes the Norwegian news agency NTB.
Poland is gearing up its defenses heavily, after Russia invaded their neighbor Ukraine.
The tanks are said to cost 1.3 billion euros, corresponding to over 14 billion Swedish kronor. According to NTB, the US Foreign Ministry is contributing around 200 million dollars in support.
Last year, Poland bought 250 tanks of the same type to be delivered in 2024.
The first deliveries from the latest purchase are said to take place already this year.
SMHI continues to warn of snow and wind
SMHI continues to warn of snow and wind. Photo: Suvad Mrkonjic/TT
The heavy snow storm has caused it in parts of Sweden during the day.
SMHI’s warning for northern Götaland is at the second highest level, orange, and will remain so until 09:00 tomorrow morning.
During the night, the wind turns to the northeast and up to 30 centimeters of snow can fall. The temperature is expected to be around zero.
In the southern part of the area, the snow will turn to rain during the evening, but may return to snow again tonight.
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